- Source: Typhlonectidae
Typhlonectidae, also known as aquatic caecilians or rubber eels, are a family of caecilians found east of the Andes in South America.
They are viviparous animals, giving birth to young that possess external gills. Of the five extant genera in the family, Atretochoana, Potamotyphlus and Typhlonectes are entirely aquatic, while Chthonerpeton and Nectocaecilia are semi-aquatic. Atretochoana reaches 100 cm (39 in) in length, but other species in the family range from 20 to 60 cm (7.9–23.6 in). A sixth typhlonectid genus, Ymboirana, was recently described and is known exclusively from fossil material.
Taxonomy
Genus Atretochoana
Atretochoana eiselti
Genus Chthonerpeton
Chthonerpeton arii
Chthonerpeton braestrupi
Chthonerpeton exile
Chthonerpeton indistinctum
Chthonerpeton noctinectes
Chthonerpeton onorei
Chthonerpeton perissodus
Chthonerpeton viviparum
Genus Nectocaecilia
Nectocaecilia petersii
Genus Potamotyphlus
Potamotyphlus kaupii
Genus Typhlonectes
Typhlonectes compressicauda
Typhlonectes natans
†Genus Ymboirana
†Ymboirana acrux
References
San Mauro, Diego; David J. Gower; Oommen V. Oommen; Mark Wilkinson; Rafael Zardoya (November 2004). "Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (2): 413–427. Bibcode:2004MolPE..33..413S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.014. PMID 15336675.
San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences; Marina Alcobendas; Rafael Zardoya; Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea" (PDF). American Naturalist. 165 (5): 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. PMID 15795855.
San Mauro, Diego; David J. Gower; Tim Massingham; Mark Wilkinson; Rafael Zardoya; James A. Cotton (August 2009). "Experimental design in caecilian systematics: phylogenetic information of mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rag1". Systematic Biology. 58 (4): 425–438. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.577.2856. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syp043. PMID 20525595.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sesilia
- Belut listrik
- Typhlonectidae
- Atretochoana
- List of amphibians
- Caecilian
- Typhlonectes natans
- Ymboirana
- Eel (disambiguation)
- Lung
- List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species
- Frog
